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DEFENCE DENIAL

Accused Alleges Principal Witness Party To Crime

THE FIRST OF THE TWO murder cases on the calendar of this month's Criminal Sessions began at the Supreme Court yesterday before the Chief Justlee, Sir Atholl MacGregor, and (Foreman), W K. Way. a Jury comprising Messrs. R. Petrie Choung Wing-shing, A.G.. Goldan, Wong Tse-fong, Wang Shia- chuen and Chang Sal-cheang.

Accused were Chan Yeung and Tae Chun, mining coolies. and they were charged with the killing of a fellow coolle named Wong Kwal-fong on the hillside off the Talpo Road or December 1. The Crown alleged that deceased owned first ac- cused $10, and a possible motive for the crime, which was com mitted during an outing in which three other men took part. was that Wong had refused to repay the money.

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And employ~ complete) Pet chat falled to The defence denial, with the added allegationment, and since then they had that the Crown's principal witness not been seen.

was a party to the crime.

Evidence was taken yesterday:

The

Inspector A.E. Carey, police officer in charge of investigations, in the case, said in evidence that it was seldom that men

of the type of the accused would inter- fère when anything serious was happening. It was also very un- usual for them to report after such un Incident. He spoke with near- ly 20 years' experience in the police force.

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DEFENCE OPENS

The case for the Crown cluded with formal police, evi- dence, after which Mr. She put witness-box. Arst accused in the There Chan Yeung denied that he had ever had a quarrel with de ceased about A debt of $10. Deceased in fact never owed him any money, and he had not pri viously known him in Man Tok

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On the afternoon of the murder Tang had suggested going to

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bathe. He had secompanied the Wong's body was discovered, by party. but did not actually go up hiker on December 4, and it w the hillside. He went with them after which the hearing was ad later taken to the Kowloon Mor-along the road up to the journed till this morning. Mr. Etuary. cause of death, accross-road, and then he went his H. Willams, Crown Counsel. pro cording to Dr. H. H. Tal. who per- dwr way. After about ten minute: secuted, and accused

re-formed the post-mortem examina-second accused joined him. were presented by Mr. G. She. Instruct- tion. was multiple injuries, frac had dropped out of the party de ed by Mr. P.H. Sin.

and cause of the sun's heat and be tured Jaw, ruptured liver

cause he wanted to go elsewhere. He had never atlacked deceased as the Crown alleged.

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Mr. Williams said the principal haemorrhage,

At characters in the case

the scene of the murder Chinese coolles who had been Detective-inspector A. E Carey working in tin mines in the Dutch found two jackets about 30 fer! East Indies. They were the twu away from the body. In the pac accused, the deceased. two men.ket of one of the jackets was one named Chan Chun, and an- plece of paper bearing the address other who bore the nickname of of the boarding house in Yee Kuk

Tau-Pel-Cha!."

Street. Enquiries were at once set on foot at this place, and on the following day Leung Wan went to the Police and volunteered in- formation

"TAKEN TO BOARDING-HOUSE

They returned from the Dutch East Indies on November 29 and on arrival here were each pald

Chan Chun was

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Japan, and Shanghai.. Tapan and Shanghai.

Shanghai (Vancouver B.C., date. 7th January),

Cross examined by Mr. Williams, Manila accused sald after he had left the | Janada, USA, Honolulu, Japan & party he went to have 'n meal and then walked up and down with second accused, watching hawkers. and squatting down every now and again.

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DID NOT INTERFERE to a boarding-house at No. 206. Yee Kuk Street, second floor, run Evidence was called,

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But why-Since Chan Chun. Tang. and "Tau-Pei-Chal" had killed someone, they wanted to shift the blame on to me.

You say Chan Chen had a part? -Oh, certainly.

How do you know?-1 do not know. 1 siy that because he brought the police around to have the me arrested two or three days- they were doing wrong after Tang and Tau-Pel-Chai had when they were battering decens escaped.

not. "First accused was heard askinged. Witness replied he had Wong for the return of $10, which and that the assault took about he had borrowed whilst they wer: ten or 15 minutes, "

in the Dutch East Indies," Mr Williams continued. "Wong re- plied he could not repay as he had lost the money in gambling.

"Nothing further happened un- til the afternoon of December 1. when Tang. the two accused. Wong, Chan Chun and one Tau Pel-chal went to a stream up the hillside off Talpe Road to bathe. On the way they met Leung Wan. alau an inmate of the boarding house, who was going to the stream to wash some clothes,

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London Apametnes, K. & S., Jan. 25.

Khutoa, P. & O., Jún, 28. Harana Mare, N. Y. K., Jan. 30. Rajputana, P.

O., Feb. 4. Sarpedon, B. & S. Feb. 8.

venue, Loxley's, Fob 9 Behar, P. & 0., Feb. 11.

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Katori Maru, N. Y. K., Fab. 11. City of Florence, Bank Line, Feb.

Liverpool

"On arrival at the stream, the party divided into two groups, one going about 36 feet above them, B. & S., Feb. 11, other. Leung Wan did not join

Maita them but went about a mile away. Rajputana, P. & O., Feb. 4. The group above consisted of the

two accused and Wong.

THE ATTACK

Marseilles

Apsaemuca, B. & S., Jan. 25 Bhutan, P. & O.; Jan. 28. Haruna Maru, N. Y. K., Jan. 30. Pres, Hayes, A. P. L., Feb. 3. "After he had bathed, Chan Rajputana, P. & G., Feb. 4. Chun stood on a rock He looked Felix Roussel, Messageries, Feb. 6. up the stream at the other group Harpedon, B. & S., Feb. 8.

Behar, P. & O., Feb, 11, and saw Wong squatting down. Katori Marg, H. Y. K., Feb. 11. There was no quarrel or anything Athos It, Mossageries, Feb, 16. of the sort going on, but suddenly Pros. Polk, A. P. L., Feb. 17. he saw the Arst accused pick up a

Mauritius

stone and throw it at Wong. The Tegelberg, J. C. J. Line, Feb. 2. stone struck Wong on the head

Nantes

and he was knocked unconscious. Haruns Maro, N. Y. K., Jan. 30. falling fat on his back without Fres, Hayes, A. P. L., Feb. 3. saying a word.

Katori Mard, N. Y. K., Feb, 11. "The first accused was then a few Pres. Palic, A. P. L., Feb. 17. feet away, and he followed up his attack by picking up

two

Uran rocks Peipag. Gilman's, Jan. 31.

Oslo one weighing 65 lbs. and droppina Priping, Gilman's, Jan. 31. them on Wong's body and face.

Penang The second prisoner then joined

Yuensang, Jardine's, Jan. 28, in and he also threw two rocks

theton, P. & O., Jan. 28. at the body. After this, the first, Haruna Maru, N. Y. K., Jan. 30. accused tore a branch off a tree Hai Lee, Thoresen's Feb. 1.

Van Heulaz, J, C. J. Line, Feb. 1. and beat Wong with it.

Pres. Hayes A. F. L., Feb. 3, "On seeing this, Chan went to Rajputans, P&O

Feb. 4. the scene, but the arst accused arpedon, B. & 8. Feb. 8. turned to him and said: "This is Tango Maru, N. Y. K., Feb. 9.

Gnaisenau, Melchers', Feb, 10.

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Port Soudan

Clima, & 01., Jan. 28. Peipipu. Gilman's, Jan. 31. Rajputans, P. & 9. Feb. 4. Heliar, P & O., Føk. 11.

Port Swettenham (Shirala, B. L. (Apear), Jan. 28. 14. Zuiderkerk, J. C. J. Lins, Feb. 10.

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my affair. Don't you interfere of Zuiderkerk, J. C. J. Lane, Feb. 10. ; you will be beaten." The two pri-Behar, P. & O., Feb. 11. soners then tied Wong's ankles Katori Mart, N. Y. 'K., Feb. 11. together and left."

Pres. Polk, A. P. L., Feb. 17.

Plymouth PARTY GO TO TSUN WAN

Rajputana, P. & Q., Feb. 4. Continuing, Counsel sald that

Port Said evidence would show that the Acamemnon, B. & 8., Jan. 25. party returned to the boarding Sauerland, Jebsen's, Jan. 27. house, and on the following morn Harana Maru, N. V. K., Jan. 30.

Hirutan, P. & O., Jan. 23. ing, Tang suggested going to Tsun Paiping, Gilman's, Jan. 31. Wan to look for work. He was Conte Verde, Llogé Triestinn, Feb. 3. accompanied by the party that Rajputans, P. & G., Feb. 4,

Felix Roussel, Mexangarins

Tab, 8. had gone with him to the stream

B. & S., Feb. 8, deceased. The first accused found Zuiderkerk, J, C., Line, Fab. 10. work at Kwai Cheung Village Behar, P. & O., Feb. 11. while the second, together with Sism, E. A. Co., Feb, 16.

Katori Maru, N. Y. K., Fab. 11, Chan Chun, obtained employment Athos 11, Messagerien, Feb. 16. at Le Wal Village. Tang and Tau Prea Polk, A. P. L., Feb. 17.

with the exception, of course, calchers. Feb. 10.

Shirala, B. 1. (Apear), Jan. 22 Ia Lee, Thoresen's Feb. 1. Toba Maru, N. Y K., Feb. 9.

Hotterdam

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Scandinavian Ports Peiping, Gilman's, Jan. 3t. Hian. E. A. Co., Feb. 16.

Singapore

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